Llew's Reviews » Local Flava http://www.bookshopgirl.net Llew's Reviews Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:41:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Work Shirts For Madmen by George Singleton http://www.bookshopgirl.net/2007/12/05/work-shirts-for-madmen-by-george-singleton/ http://www.bookshopgirl.net/2007/12/05/work-shirts-for-madmen-by-george-singleton/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:31:19 +0000 Miss Laura http://www.bookshopgirl.net/2007/12/05/work-shirts-for-madmen-by-george-singleton/ workshirtsformadmen.jpg When I asked Mr. Singleton to autograph a copy of this book for my friend, I said – “It’s for ‘Jayward’ like ‘Bayward’ only with a ‘J’ instead of a ‘B.” He laughed and I forgave him for the last time I had seen him (at a SIBA convention) when he commented that I looked hungover.

The truth is that Jayward is nothing like Bayward. Bayward is a well meaning drunk. Jayward is a well meaning librarian. Less lush, more shush. Or something.

The book was funny though, and George Singleton is my favorite local author. Of course, his closest competition was arrested as a child predator on the intranets last year so …

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This was actually a fantastic novel until it came to the end which happened about 100 pages before the last page. That’s never a good sign.

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